Sheet-metal handle for traveling-bags



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' R. o. JENKINSON.

SHEET METAL HANDLE FOB. TEAVELING BAGS. Nd." 342,360.'

PatentedMay v25, 1886.

INVENTOH WHNESSES:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD C. JENKINSQN, OFNEWARK, NE'V JERSEY.

SHEET-METAL HANDLE FOR TRAVELING-BAGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 342,360, dated May 25, 1886,

Application filed February 12,1356. Serial No. 191,673. (No model.; v

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RICHARD C. J ENIIIN SON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, Essex county,and State 'of N ew J ersey, have invented certain new and useful Im provements in Sheet-Metal Handles for rlravcling-Bags and other Articles; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

vMy invention consists in a novel construetion of a sheet-metal handle, as hereinafter dcdescribed.

The invention consists in forming from a single piece of sheet metal a handle which shall be cheap and durable, and of such shape as will 4be comfortable and give a good hold to the hand, and also closely imitate a solid leather handle, such as are used.ou the best grades of goods.

The blank from which the handle is formed is cut from asheet of metal, and then stamped, I bent, and corrugated by suitable dies for the purpose.

In constructing the hanlle I first cut a taperingblank, as shown in Figure I, having at each end dovetailed straps a a, on each side of which are ears b b, which are bent inward shape. Fig. t is a view in cross-section through line g/,y in Fig. 5, and shows the triple-arch or clover-leaf shape of the handle. Fig. 5shows the completed handle attached to the lock G and frame F by the ordinary and well-known ring-connections, 7L 71.. a inet-.1l handle constructed as herein shown, but wit-hout the end pieces a (t, and in their place is a metal cap fitting over the ends of the handle and connected with the lock and frame of a bag by a ring or other suitable device.

it will be noticed that the dovetailed end pieces, being bent inwardly, as at k, will lie snugly between the walls d d, which taper at the ends, and they may be secured by a rivet passing through the holes e c. In practice I lind that a rivet passing through the holes e in the eyes c c and the holes c2 at the ends of the body of the handle are amply suiiicient for all practical purposes.

I am aware that patents have been granted 1 for metal handles formed from one piece oi' at right angles to the body of the handle. and 1 thus form a neat iinish to the end ofthe handle. At the end ofthe main body of the blank are eyes c c, which, when the walls el d are brought together, overlap each othrr, and a rivet passing through the holes e e, after the handle has been bent into shape. as shown in Fig. 5, will very iirmly fasten the dovetailed pieces so that they cannot be drawn out cf place. Fig. 2 shows the blank, as described, having the general outline shape of the completed handle. Fig. 3 is a view through line x x i'n Fig. 2, and shows the downwardly-projecting walls d (l, which are afterward closed together edge to edge, with the seam directly in the center on the under side ofthe handle, as plainly shown in Fig. 4. The corrngations L L, of clover-leaf or triple-arch shape, not only serve to adorn the handle, but tend very materially to stiften and strengthen it, and by their use I can use a much lighter metal than if the handle was made of an oval or tubular metal; but they do not bear any resemblance to a solid leather stitched handle, much esteemed by purchasers of bags, astheyall have been of a tubular or circular form in crosssection, while my handle is a close imitation of a retl leather handle.

I am also aware of the Pat-ent No. 317,300, granted to It. W. Chapman, May 5, 1885, for a metal handle in two sections, which also imitates a solid leather handle.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Iatent of the United States, is-

As an improved article of manufacture, the herein-described traveling-bag handle, made of a single piece of metal and provided with the tiiiplc corrugations andthe dovetail ends, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand and seal, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 9th day ol' February, 1886.

C. JENKINSON. [L s] XVI t nesses:

GEO. DoNuEIIsLoA'r, Il. N. Cori.

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